Phrase guide

pay rise

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An increase in salary or wages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, sometimes

Qualifier: rest of Commonwealth

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زِيَادَة فِي المُرَتَّب — increase in pay
  • Catalan: augment de sou — increase in pay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加薪 (jiāxīn) — increase in pay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漲工資 /涨工资 (zhǎng gōngzī) — increase in pay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漲薪 /涨薪 (zhǎngxīn) — increase in pay
  • Danish: lønforhøjelse — increase in pay
  • Dutch: loonsverhoging — increase in pay
  • Dutch: salarisverhoging — increase in pay
  • Finnish: palkankorotus — increase in pay
  • Finnish: yleiskorotus — increase in pay
  • French: augmentation de salaire — increase in pay
  • German: Gehaltserhöhung — increase in pay
  • German: Lohnerhöhung — increase in pay
  • Indonesian: kenaikan gaji — increase in pay
  • Italian: aumento di stipendio — increase in pay
  • Polish: podwyżka — increase in pay
  • Portuguese: aumento de salário — increase in pay
  • Romanian: mărire de salariu — increase in pay
  • Russian: повыше́ние зарпла́ты (povyšénije zarpláty) — increase in pay
  • Spanish: aumento de sueldo — increase in pay